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Bloody Rose

by Nicholas Eames

A mercenary band takes the stage

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praised by NPR

    NPR praises the book’s humor, action, and emotional poignancy.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A mercenary band takes the stage

In a fantasy world where mercenaries fight monsters before cheering crowds, Tam Hashford leaves her pub job to join the famed band led by Bloody Rose as its bard. Their tour turns into a dangerous northern quest, bringing the book’s arena spectacle and music-making together with a journey where the stakes are explicitly life or death. The setup also puts ambition and the pursuit of glory alongside the risks faced by a traveling band. As a companion to the world of *Kings of the Wyld*, it expands that setting through a new group’s adventure.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fantasy readers interested in mercenaries, monster battles, and a quest narrative.
  • Readers who enjoy stories that combine performance and celebrity with epic-fantasy adventure.

Themes

Adventure and ambitionGlory and dangerPerformance and fameCompanionship

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Book overview

A band of fabled mercenaries tour a wild fantasy landscape, battling monsters in arenas in front of thousands of adoring fans. But, a secret and dangerous gig ushers them to the frozen north, and the band is never one to waste a shot at glory.

Live fast, die young.

Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her sleepy hometown.

When the biggest mercenary band of all, led by the infamous Bloody Rose, rolls into town, Tam jumps at the chance to sign on as their bard. It's adventure she wants -- and adventure she gets as the crew embark on a quest that will end in one of two ways: glory or death.

It's time to take a walk on the wyld side.

"Humorous twists and pulse-ratcheting action abound in Bloody Rose, but its Eames' knack for heart-wrenching poignancy that makes his warm, wonderful fantasy so harmonious." -- NPR

For more from Nicholas Eames, check out:
Kings of the Wyld
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